MEDICAL EMER F100 LNDG DFW EXPERIENCED POOR ATC HANDLING.
Synopsis
MEDICAL EMER F100 LNDG DFW EXPERIENCED POOR ATC HANDLING.
Narrative
WE WERE ON R BASE FOR RWY 35R AT 4000 FT WHEN THE FA CALLED TO RPT A BABY TURNING BLUE AND EXPERIENCING CONVULSIONS. WE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER WITH TRACON AND REQUESTED LNDG ON RWY 35L. THE CTLR HEMMED AND HAWED AND TOLD US THERE WAS TOO MUCH TFC ALREADY FOR THAT RWY. WE REPEATED: WE DECLARED AN EMER AND WANTED RWY 35L FOR LNDG. HE SAID WE COULD HAVE RWY 35L AND TURN 260 DEGS; PERPENDICULAR TO FINAL; TO AVOID TFC. WE WERE TRYING TO SLOW DOWN AND CONFIGURE AND SET UP FOR THE NEW APCH SINCE WE WERE IN AND OUT OF SCATTERED CLOUDS. BY THE TIME WE WERE VISUAL WE WERE OVERSHOOTING FINAL FOR RWY 35L. WE INCREASED OUR TURN BANK TO STAY OUT OF CONFLICTING TFC ON THE W SIDE. WE LANDED ON RWY 35L AND TAXIED TO OUR GATE TO MEET THE PARAMEDICS. I DO NOT LIKE THAT WE DID NOT GET BETTER HELP FROM TRACON WITH OUR MEDICAL EMER. WE COULD HAVE RECEIVED A LOT BETTER VECTORS TO FINAL AND WE DID NOT NEED HESITATION ON THE CTLR'S PART ON GIVING US THE RWY WE ASKED FOR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR RELAYED HIS BELIEF THAT THE DFW APCH CTLR SEEMED TO BE HESITANT; AND SLOW TO REACT TO THE EMER DECLARATION. THE CTLR DIDN'T APPEAR TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPING EVENTS. THE RPTR STATED THAT THE CTLR APPEARED TO BE 'UNTRAINED' TO HANDLE THIS TYPE OF SIT. THE RPTR INDICATED THAT HE HAD LEARNED A LOT FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE CTLR HAD GAINED EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.